'''Astoria Malfoy '''(née''' Greengrass''') (born c. [[1982]])<ref>[[J.K. Rowling PotterCast Interview]]</ref> was a [[pure-blood]] [[Wizardkind|witch]]. Astoria attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. She eventually married [[Draco Malfoy]], who was two years ahead of her and in the same [[Slytherin|House]] and year as Daphne Greengrass, Astoria's older sister. The couple had at least one son together, [[Scorpius Malfoy|Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy]],<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1695388_1695569,00.html TIME magazine - JK Rowling answers 10 questions about Harry]</ref> whom they saw off at [[King's Cross Station]] for his first year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[2017]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Epilogue</ref>

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'''Astoria Malfoy '''(née''' Greengrass''') (born c. [[1982]])<ref>[[J.K. Rowling PotterCast Interview]]</ref> was a [[pure-blood]] [[Wizardkind|witch]]. Astoria attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. She eventually married [[Draco Malfoy]], who was two years ahead of her and in the same [[Slytherin|House]] and year as Daphne Greengrass, Astoria's older sister. The couple had at least one son together, [[Scorpius Malfoy|Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy]],<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1695388_1695569,00.html TIME magazine - JK Rowling answers 10 questions about Harry]</ref> whom they saw off at [[King's Cross Station]] for his first year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[2017]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Epilogue</ref>Most fangirls believe she shouldn't have married Draco so Draco would have gone and marry them. :p

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Etymology

The name Astoria may be derived from the London Astoria, a music venue in London, England, or the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a famously luxurious hotel in New York City. This hotel was named after the Astors, a very wealthy and influential American family.[5] The name may also be related to Astraea, a daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology who personified justice. Astraea is derived from Greek meaning "star-maiden"; this may relate to her husband's maternal family often naming its members after stars and constellations. The name may also be spelled Asteria, as shown on the Weasley Family Tree.[6] Like Hyperion—her son Scorpius' middle name—Asteria is the name of one of the Titans of Greek mythology.

Behind the scenes

J. K. Rowling has said that she chose to have Draco marry someone other than Pansy Parkinson, who seems to have been his girlfriend during his adolescence, because she always hated Pansy, who represented "the girls who teased me when I was at school". She has referred to Pansy as "the anti-Hermione".[8]

Astoria is the only character addressed in the epilogue that the regular trio don't know, although the fact that they know about Scorpius might mean that they do know her, they just call her "Draco's wife". Also, in a school context, a two year gap is considerable, and since even her sister was barely peripheral to the central trio's world, they may well not have been truly aware of her until she joined the house of Malfoy.

As her sister Daphne was sorted into Slytherin, it is likely that Astoria was sorted into Slytherin as well.

Astoria's maiden name, Greengrass, could refer to one of the Slytherin House colours, green.